FHSM VP-17498
Palaeobalistum (Blainville, 1818)

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Palaeobalistum
Phylum
Chordata
Species
Class
Actinopterygii
Author
Blainville
Order
Pycnodontiformes
Year
1818
Family
Nursallidae
Collected by
Schumacher, B.A.
Date Collected
2006-01-14
Identified By
Shimada, K.
Date Identified
2010-02-25
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
Skull; Isolated Teeth, (1)

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Colorado
County
Otero
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information
Group
Colorado
Formation
Greenhorn
Member
Hartland
Zone
Bed
Local Fauna
Bear Spring

Chronostratigraphy

Biostratigraphy

Earliest Era
Mesozoic
Latest Era
Mesozoic
Earliest Period
Cretaceous
Latest Period
Cretaceous
Earliest Epoch
Upper
Latest Epoch
Upper
Earliest Age
Turonian
Latest Age
Turonian
Lowest Zone
Highest Zone

Publications (1 of 1)

Nagrodski, M., Shimada, K., Schumacher, B.A. 2012. Marine vertebrates from the Hartland Shale (Upper Cretaceous: Upper Cenomanian) in southeastern Colorado, USA. Cretaceous Research, 37:76-88